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Sulfur, Iron And Carbon Cycling Following Hydrological Restoration Of Acidic Freshwater Wetlands, Scott Johnston, Edward Burton, Thor Aaso, Gerard Tuckerman
Sulfur, Iron And Carbon Cycling Following Hydrological Restoration Of Acidic Freshwater Wetlands, Scott Johnston, Edward Burton, Thor Aaso, Gerard Tuckerman
Associate Professor Edward D Burton
Freshwater re-flooding is a relatively novel approach to remediate drained acid sulfate soil (ASS) wetlands. This study documents the geochemical consequences of restoring freshwater re-flooding for contemporary reduced inorganic sulfur (RIS) and iron species in two coastal floodplain ASS wetlands. Re-flooding has established predominantly reducing/suboxic conditions and encouraged organic carbon accumulation in surface sediments (~ 20–30%). The pH of former sulfuric horizons has increased by ~ 2–3 units, partly in response to alkalinity generation from anaerobic metabolism of organic carbon coupled with Fe(III) and SO42 − reduction. Despite considerable sulfidisation, reactive Fe (FeR; sum of 1 M HCl and citrate–dithionite …
Monosulfidic Black Ooze Accumulations In Sediments Of The Geographe Bay Area, Western Australia, Nicholas Ward, Richard Bush, Edward Burton, S Appleyard, S Wong, Leigh Sullivan, Paul Cheeseman
Monosulfidic Black Ooze Accumulations In Sediments Of The Geographe Bay Area, Western Australia, Nicholas Ward, Richard Bush, Edward Burton, S Appleyard, S Wong, Leigh Sullivan, Paul Cheeseman
Associate Professor Edward D Burton
Mobilisation of sedimentary monosulfidic black ooze (MBO) may result in rapid deoxygenation and acidification of surface waters, and release of potentially toxic metals. This study examines the extent and nature of MBO accumulation in the Geographe Bay area, Western Australia. MBO accumulations were found to be widespread in benthic sediments of the Geographe Bay area with acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) contents as high as 320 μmol g−1. The MBO materials often had unusually high dissolved sulfide (S−II) concentrations in their pore-waters (up to 610 mg L−1) and elevated elemental sulfur (S0) contents (up to 51 μmol g−1). Dissolved S−II is able …